Re: [WinMac] RE: Adding Extensions to Mac Files

Kurt Witowski(r5213c[at]email.sps.mot.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:28:47 -0700

"This maps DOS/WIN extensions to macintosh applications." True, but PC
Exchange never adds an extension (three characters plus a dot) to a file name.
Therefore, the extension name must already exsist before PC Exchange will do
anything to the file, i.e. map it to a Mac application. "...turn off PC
Exchange and see if that works." We now know that this will not make a
difference (unless you actuall set it up to respond to .hqx files) and why it
will not. "...a customer's Mac the program is adding an .hqx extension to the
files." StuffIt does this (not PC Exchange). To avoid StuffIt Expander from
launching (when double-clicking on a file with an .hqx extension), simply
remove the .hqx extension from the name (typically, Mac programs do not
associate parent programs via extension names, StuffIt is one exception I am
aware of) or open the file via the parent program's open command.

Regards,
   Kurt

Parker, Douglas wrote:
>
> On the mac, look at your PC Exchange control panel. This maps DOS/WIN
> extensions to macintosh applications.
>
> .hqx is the extension for binhex, so Stuffit Expander is the correct mac
> program to run. If you need to split the .hqx extension from the Stuffit
> application, turn off PC Exchange and see if that works.
>
> DP
> > ----------
> >
> > We are using an Intergraph Extreme Z machine for email running Windows for
> > NT. We are running Outlook Xpress as our email program. We take the files
> > our customers send and transfer them to our Mac. When we receive files
> > from
> > a customer's Mac the program is adding an .hqx extension to the files.
> > When
> > we try to open the files on our Mac it thinks they are compressed files
> > and
> > tries to launch Stuffit Expander. Does anyone have any idea of a setting
> > that is causing this? If the files are sent as compressed files the Mac
> > can
> > open them OK.

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